Sleeve-protector.



No. 741,133. PATENTED OUT. 13, 1903,. E A. e. HAYNES. SLEEVE PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25,, 1903,

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SLEEVE-PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 741,133, dated October 13, 1903.

Application filed March 25, 1903- designed more particularly for the use of per- I sons engaged as stenographers, bookkeepers, &c. Asheretoforeconstructed,thisprotector consisted, essentially, of a tubular body of transparent celluloid having a straight front end, an oblique rear end, a longitudinal joint extending from the front to the rear end of the body in the shortest or innermost part of the body and in the median line thereof, and a lacing connecting the parts of the body on opposite sides of the joint.

In using the protector the same is applied to the arm so that the inner or receding part of the oblique end is arranged adjacent to the hollow of the elbow, while the outer or salient part of the oblique end extends to the knuckle of the elbow, thereby affording the fullest protection for the sleeve against soiling. The location of the longitudinal seam or joint in the shortest part or median line 'of the body has been found to be objectionable, because it is liable to catch on the edges of books, desks, or other objects which are handled or upon which the arm rests in using the books and the lower garments are also chafed and injured by the joint of the sleeve-protector rubbing against the same in swinging the arm.

The object of this invention is to improve the construction of the sleeve-protector so as to eliminate this objectionable feature.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View showing my improved sleeve-protector applied to an arm. Fig. 2 isa perspective view of the body of the sleeveprotector. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 4 is a view of a spread-out blank from which the sleeve-protector body is constructed.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

A represents the tubular body of the sleeveprotector, constructed, preferably, of a sheet of transparent elastic celluloid which is com- Scrial No. 149,537. (No model.)

paratively stiff and smooth, so as to slide easily over the surface upon which the arm rests. Moreover, by constructing the body. of the protector of transparent celluloid the same can be readily cleaned and the garment is visible through the protector, so that the use of the latter is not unsightly. The body of the sleeve-protector is formed from an unsymmetrical fiat blank or sheet having a straight front end I), an irregular rear endO, consisting of a convex lobe or salient edge e and a concave or receding edge e and two straight forwardlyconverging sides (1 01, said lobe being offset from the longitudinal center of, the blank, as shown in Fig. 4...

Upon rolling this blank the same forms a tubular body having a straight front end at b, an oblique or beveled rear end at C, a short inner side extending from the front end to the receding edge e of the rear end, along outer side extending from the front end to the salient edge e of the rear end, and alongitudinal joint 6 between the side edges, which is located between the shortest part of the inner side and the longest part of the outer side of the body, as {shown in Fig. 2. In its finished condition the tubular body is symmetrical on opposite sides of a median line f drawn lengthwise through the shortest part of the inner side and the longest part of the outer side of the body, and the longitudinal joint of the body is located on one side of this median line, as shown in Fig. 2.

The protector is applied to the arm so that the receding or innermost point e of the oblique end of the body is arranged adjacent to the hollow of the elbow, while the outermost or salient part c of this end extends to the knuckle of the elbow, thereby covering as much as possible that part of the sleeve which is most liable to be soiled. The longitudinal joint of the body is arranged above its median line, so that when the protector is applied to the arm the joint is located on the upper part of the arm, as shown in Fig. 1, where the same is not liable to interfere with the books which are being handled nor with the supports on which the arm rests. Furthermore, this location of the joint in the body of the protector prevents the same from coming in contact with the lower garments and wearing the same unduly when swinging the ICO I arm. The longitudinal edges of the body may be united to close the joint between the same in any suitable manner, preferably by means of a lacing-cord g, which is threaded through two longitudinal series of openings formed in the opposing side edges of the body for this purpose. Means may also be provided for retaining the protector in its proper place on the arm, the means for this purpose shown in the drawings consisting of a retaining-cord 71, connected at one end with the inner end of the body and forming, preferably, a continuation of the lacing-cord, and a clasp '5, arranged on the outer end of the retaining-cord and adapted to grasp the sleeve above the elbow, as shown in Fig. 1.

I claim as my invention- 1. A sleeve-protector comprising a tubular body having an oblique rear end forming a short inner side and a long outer side and having a longitudinal joint arranged betweenthe shortest part of the inner side and the longest part of the outer side of the body, substantially as set forth.

2. A blank for a sleeve-protector having a straight front end, two straight forwardlyconverging sides, a salient part or lobe arranged on its rear end and ofiset from the longitudinal center of the blank, and a row of perforations along the side edges, said blank when rolled forming a tubular body having a short inner side, a long outer side and a longitudinal joint located between the inner and outer sides, substantially as set forth.

Witness my hand this 24th day of March, 1903.

AMANDA G. HAYNES. Witnesses:

THEO. L. POPP, .EMMA M. GRAHAM. 

